Privy Council Court October 1943 Judgments

Morarji Goculdas and Co. Vs. Sholapur Spinning and Weaving Co. Ltd. an ...

Court: Privy Council

Lord Thankerton: The appellants, who are a merchant firm carrying on business in Bombay, seek to recover damages from the respondents in respect of the alleged wrongful termination of their employment as managing agents of the respondent company. By judgment and decree dated 12th October 1938, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, in its civil appellate jurisdiction, affirmed the judgment and decree of that Court in its original civil jurisdiction, dated 15th February 1938, by which the suit of the appellants was dismissed with costs. The respondent company is a joint stock company carrying on business at Bombay as spinners and weavers of cotton, jute and other fibres; the individ+++ual respondents, along with two other original defendants now deceased, were the directors of the respondent company who passed the resolution, dated 27th January 1933, which terminated the employment of the appellants as managing agents of the respondent company. The respondent company was formed in 1874...

Krishna Kant Prasad Shukul and Another Vs. Dhanu Lal Choudry and Other ...

Court: Privy Council

Reported in: AIR1944PC14

Sir George Rankin: The appellants are the two minor sons of respondent 9 Bate Krishna Prasad. By their mother Smt. Avadesh Dulari Debi they sue to have a mortgage decree dated 18th December 1931, set aside as against them and to establish that their interest in the joint family property is not liable for the monies due thereunder. The mortgagees who obtained the decree of 1931 are respondents 1 to 7, herein called the respondents. Respondent 8 is a puisne mortgagee and need not be further mentioned. The present suit was brought on 26th July 1933, in the Court of the Subordinate Judge at Muzaffarpur. The appellants succeeded in the trial Court whose decree was dated 16th December 1935, but the High Court at Patna on 9th March 1939, dismissed their suit. The mortgages in question are three in number and were executed by the appellants' father (respondent 9) in terms which purport to bind their interests. (1) The first dated 19th July 1924, was for Rs. 20,000. Apart from a small sum of Rs...